FLOOD

Jars of Clay

[Bits and pieces have been copied from various web sites (as noted).]

************* THE CHORDS THAT SOUND THE BEST (TO ME)...

Flood
Version 2:
Transcribed by Jeremy Waide (jwaide@nyx.net)
[copied from http://www.e-z.net/~freak/jars.html#flood2]


Am       G        Em   Am       G                  Em 
RAIN, RAIN ON MY FACE; HASN'T STOPPED RAINING FOR DAYS

Am     G        Em     Am         G   Em
MY WORLD IS A FLOOD; SLOWLY I BECOME ONE WITH THE MUD

(Chorus)

              Am        G           Em
        BUT IF I CAN'T SWIM AFTER FORTY DAYS
                Am       G              Em
        AND MY MIND IS CRUSHED BY THE CRASHING WAVES
                Am     G          Em            Am  G  Em
        LIFT ME UP SO HIGH THAT I CANNOT FALL, LIFT ME O-WHOA
                Am   F        G       Em        
        LIFT ME UP WHEN I'M FALLING
                Am   F          G           Em           
        LIFT ME UP -  WHEN I'M WEAK AND I'M DYING
                Am   F              G       Em              
        LIFT ME UP -  I NEED YOU TO HOLD ME 
                Am   F               G       Em              
        LIFT ME UP -  KEEP ME FROM DROWNING AGAIN


(I put this in a different key to aid in guitar playing. It's really in C minor, so transpose up a step and a
half (minor 3rd) to play along with the CD.) 

Written by Jars of Clay
Copyright 1995 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/
Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved. 

************* INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (MAY NEED TO EDIT TO FIT WITH ABOVE)...
[copied from http://www.gsgis.k12.va.us/~jcrocket/music/flood.html]

String interlude: These *seem to be* the chords, if you want to come
   up with a chord-based riff to go with them.  I have delimited each
   of the 8 measures with pipes | | .

Measure | 1       | 2        | 3          | 4       |
        | Am      | G   C    | Em   Am    | Em  Am  |

Measure | 5       | 6        | 7          | 8       |
        | Am  Em  | Am  Esus | Esus G9 F9 | Em7     |


************* MORE LYRICS...
[copied from http://members.aol.com/nyckid97/flood.html]

Rain, rain on my face 

Hasn't stopped raining for days 

My world is a flood 

Slowly I become one with the mud 

But if I can't swim after forty days 

And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves 

Lift me up so high that I cannot fall, lift me over 

(Lift me up) When I'm falling 

(Lift me up) Weak and dying 

(Lift me up) I need you to hold me 

(Lift me up) To keep me from drowning again 

Downpour on my soul 

Splashing through the ocean, I'm losing control 

Dark skies all around 

Can't feel my feet touching the ground 

(Repeat chorus) 

(String instrumental) 

Cobblestones that drench my eyes 

And drown me in streams flowing 

Casting down our ways and sin 

And guilt that's overflow me 

(Repeat chorus)